In the production workshop of Bailixin Home Textile Co., Ltd., Gaoyang County, Hebei Province, with the roar of the loom, grey towels gradually took shape. "At present, we are working hard to rush to orders from South Korea and Japan, with the cumulative order amount reaching 50

In the production workshop of Bailixin Home Textile Co., Ltd., Gaoyang County, Hebei Province, with the roar of the loom, the grey cloth of towels gradually took shape. "At present, we are working hard to rush to orders from South Korea and Japan, with the cumulative order amount reaching 50 million yuan." Liu Hong, general manager of the company, expressed his happiness in his words.

Hebei Province Gaoyang County Bailixin Home Textile Co., Ltd. is producing towel orders. (Photo provided by the interviewee)

Gaoyang County has a developed textile industry, with more than 4,000 textile enterprises and more than 120,000 employees. In recent years, due to the impact of the epidemic, raw material prices have continued to rise, and competition for textile product prices has become increasingly fierce. In order to support the development of foreign trade enterprises, Gaoyang County provides precise support and assistance to key export enterprises in the county, and uses modern information technology and actively organizes enterprises to participate in online exhibitions to build a platform for exports of foreign trade enterprises.

"In the past two years, we have continuously increased the promotion of overseas online marketing to further broaden the sales channels of international markets." Liu Hong introduced that despite the impact of the epidemic, the company achieved exports of 120 million yuan in the first three quarters of this year, a year-on-year increase of 10%.

In order to achieve the goal of ensuring stability and improving quality in imports and exports, and to help stabilize the economy and the industrial chain and supply chain, this year Hebei Province issued the "16 Policy Measures on Stabilizing the Basic Position of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment", including tax and fee reductions, financial credit insurance support, etc., to use "real money" to help enterprises alleviate their difficulties, so that market entities can benefit early and quench their thirst.

Hebei business department gives full play to the role of export credit insurance , further expand the coverage of export credit insurance, give priority to small and medium-sized enterprises, and enhance the confidence of export enterprises to accept orders. In the first three quarters of this year, the Hebei Provincial Department of Commerce used 114 million yuan to support 1,104 foreign trade companies in purchasing export credit insurance services, solving the dilemma of foreign trade companies that "don't dare to accept orders and cannot accept orders."

Shijiazhuang Xinle Huabao Medical Supplies Co., Ltd. is a foreign trade enterprise mainly producing epidemic prevention materials. Liu Minqi, general manager of the company, said: "With the guarantee support of the export credit insurance policy, we feel much more at ease. This year, we have a total of 32 credit insurance policies involving exports, with a total premium of 7.05 million US dollars. The province and city have given us a 70% subsidy in terms of insurance costs."

The picture shows Xinle Huabao Medical Supplies Co., Ltd. is conducting protective clothing production. (Photo provided by the interviewee)

When air and sea transportation are restricted due to the epidemic, China-Europe freight trains are highly favored. On September 27 this year, the first "Baoding -Shijiazhuang-European" ( Baoding -Shijiazhuang-European) China-Europe freight train set off from Shijiazhuang International Land Port and headed towards the Russian capital Moscow . This is the fifth "+Shiou" train launched by Shijiazhuang International Land Port after "Xing Shiou" and "Cang Shiou".

According to Shijiazhuang Customs statistics, in the first three quarters of this year, Hebei Province's foreign trade stabilized and improved, achieving a total import and export value of 407.81 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.4%. Among them, the province's foreign trade exports were 248.68 billion yuan, an increase of 14%.

, Director of the Hebei Provincial Department of Commerce Zhang Zefeng, said that judging from the foreign trade data of Hebei Province, despite the adverse impact of the complex and severe domestic and international environment and the frequent and circulating epidemics, Hebei Province's foreign trade achieved steady growth in the first three quarters of this year, especially the total import and export value of ASEAN and countries along the "Belt and Road" reached 52.9 billion yuan and 138.24 billion yuan, respectively, a year-on-year increase of 32.3% and 23.1%, and the expansion of new markets has begun to take effect.